Objective To explore the effects of the flipped classroom in death ethics teaching for nursing undergraduates. Methods The nursing undergraduates in class 1 were treated as the experimental group（43 students）and the flipped classroom teaching was used in this group. Students in class 2 were assigned as the control group（43 students） and the traditional teaching method was used in this group. The outcomes included the score of theoretical examination,students' satisfaction with the teaching,theoretical assessment,satisfaction evaluation and students' performance during the teaching. Results The scores of theoretical examination and satisfaction level of the students in the experimental group were better than those of the students in the control group（P<0.05）. The performance of the students in the experimental group was significantly improved（P<0.05）. Conclusion Death ethics teaching based on the flipped classroom can promote students' self and deep learning,and effectively improve students' moral quality of death ethics.